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Topic: Buying -- Ebay

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#1 20 NOV 2003 at 2:27pm
Deleted User	[moved from another thread] I'm not a collector, I play them. Sure, a box is nice, but I don't want to pay 50-100 bucks extra for the box. Imo, in many cases just a handful of sellers and buyers are responsible for driving up the price of rare games. Marilyn Monroe Files: a boxed copy did 40-50 euro on German ebay the other day. That's not all that much, is it? I got my own unboxed but mint copy for $8.99 (Buy It Now) in the category Software -> Education & Reference -> Other. The seller had several copies at the time and although they sold like hot cakes, she later dropped the price to $4.95. Jack the Ripper: I got it (no box) on ebay for 20-25, don't remember. Saw someone else buy it for 2.50. Duckman: you can buy it new in a German box for $19.95. Why pay $365 for an English box? It's exactly the same game. That also goes for UFOs. It's called Gnap in Germany, English game in German box for 2-6 EUR. I wish I had known that before I bought UFOs for 45 EUR. Celtica: I paid 5 EUR for the Dutch version. There's hardly any text in this lonely game (except for the diary) and anybody who just wants to play it can find it. I'll never forget the guy that sold the English Celtica NIB someplace else for $7 and then discovered ebay.... You can get Night Trap for 30 bucks. I bought an unboxed Puppet Motel for 60 dollars (and to me Laurie is worth every cent). The price of Dinotopia NIB has gone down a lot since the hype. Etcetera etcetera...

#2 20 NOV 2003 at 4:34pm
Erwin_Br Private Detective Posts : 455 Joined: 7 NOV 2002 Status : Offline	That's nice, if you're not a collector indeed. So what's your point exactly? I don't think many people will buy Duckman for 300 bucks if they don't want to have the English box. So those people at Ebay are clearly collectors. --Erwin [url=http://justadventure.com/IndependentDevs/BadTiming/index.html][img]http://erbserv.emptyhouse.net/public/images/bt-forumbanner.gif[/img][/url]
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#3 20 NOV 2003 at 10:53pm
jaap Intergalactic Janitor Posts : 19 Joined: 21 OCT 2002 Status : Online	I consider myself to be a collector, however what counts the most is that I get an original CD-rom, preferable full boxed first-print english version, but not necessarily. Furthermore, one version of a game is enough. At least the game itself should be fully in english, no german or you-name-it. It nice to know which english games were published as full english games in Germany, since those games are indeed easy to get at ebay.de Jaap Jaap
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#4 20 NOV 2003 at 11:01pm
Deleted User	I never buy on Ebay. I'm glad I don't have to pay $200+ just for a cardboard box.

#5 20 NOV 2003 at 11:01pm
Deleted User	*Originally Posted By Erwin_Br (20 NOV 2003 4:34pm)* That's nice, if you're not a collector indeed. So what's your point exactly? Like I said, I was just trying to be helpful. If it isn't helpful, too bad.

#6 20 NOV 2003 at 11:21pm
SirDave Guild Master Posts : 4940 Joined: 17 OCT 2002 Location: US Status : Offline	*Originally Posted By Fickfack (20 NOV 2003 11:00pm)* I never buy on Ebay. I'm glad I don't have to pay $200+ just for a cardboard box. [size=24]Just a cardboard box! Just a cardboard box! Splutter, splutt, phewff, pshaw, pufft, p-p-p-p-poopy-pants! The future ain't what it used to be!
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#7 20 NOV 2003 at 11:56pm
sennebec Guild Master Posts : 3334 Joined: 15 NOV 2004 Location: US, maine Status : Offline	first and foremost, i am a player... but i am also a collector... on a budget... if i want to play a game badly enough, i will settle, for the time being, with just the cd-rom... then when i can hunt down a pristine version, and can afford it, i strike! still gaming...
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#8 21 NOV 2003 at 8:11am
Erwin_Br Private Detective Posts : 455 Joined: 7 NOV 2002 Status : Offline	*Originally Posted By sennebec (20 NOV 2003 11:56pm)* first and foremost, i am a player... but i am also a collector... on a budget... if i want to play a game badly enough, i will settle, for the time being, with just the cd-rom... then when i can hunt down a pristine version, and can afford it, i strike! Hehe, you and I share the same strategy *Originally Posted By Bijtje (1 JAN 2000 5:00am)* Like I said, I was just trying to be helpful. If it isn't helpful, too bad. Oops, I seemed to have missed the intent of your post, then. :-[ --Erwin [url=http://justadventure.com/IndependentDevs/BadTiming/index.html][img]http://erbserv.emptyhouse.net/public/images/bt-forumbanner.gif[/img][/url]
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#9 21 NOV 2003 at 11:24am
Herman Toothrot Space Cadet Posts : 199 Joined: 22 SEP 2003 Status : Online	I can't say I'd pay those high prices for a game, just on general principal. I do collect other things though, mostly toys and statues/mini-busts, and I've been known to blow a pretty penny on those. In the last two days I bid on and won a new Alien mini-bust from Palisades, and one of the uber-pricy full-size Terminator Endoskulls. Check 'em out: [img]http://members.shaw.ca/kevmac179/toys.jpg[/img] [img]http://members.shaw.ca/kevmac179/sirius_pirate.jpg[/img]
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#10 21 NOV 2003 at 12:35pm
dwn_force Intergalactic Janitor Posts : 83 Joined: 26 JUN 2003 Status : Offline	That's me too! If I want to try something, it has to a least have the jewel case. If I really like it I'll watch for a complete item I can afford. On E-bay I have done very well in that respect. By the same token others have done very well by me, I keep my games intact, like new, and that is how I sell them. Not to make a killing, but to free up some Pay-Pal cash for other things I never got to try. Now I'm really having a good time bargain hunting on E-bay. I just set up mutiple operating systems on seperate computers. No more campatability issues, Best of both worlds! I didn't miss the Blue Screen of Death, I have to admit! *Originally Posted By sennebec (20 NOV 2003 11:56pm)* first and foremost, i am a player... but i am also a collector... on a budget... if i want to play a game badly enough, i will settle, for the time being, with just the cd-rom... then when i can hunt down a pristine version, and can afford it, i strike!
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